Candy-making machine



4 Sept. 25, 1928. 7 v 1,685,605

J. N. KALKANIS CANDY MAKING MACHINE Filed Feb. 18', 1926 INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

JAMES, N. mLxANIs, or person, MICHIGAN.

CAN DY-MAKIN G MACHINE.

Application filed February My. invention relates to improvements in candy making machines.

Reference is herein made to my Patents No1,570,748, dated January 1926. This application relates to an improvement in the structureexhibited in suchpatenusuch improvement residing particularly in the provision of simpler, more economical and improved means foriloosening the molded candy from'the molds. I V

The object lies in the provision in a machine of the character described of vmeans in the form of a cutter or scraper so connected with therotary mold as to be operatively actuated in co-ordination with rotation thereof to swing successively. through the several molds of the carrier during the pauses in rotation'of the carrier to loosen the molded candy from themolds',

j Other ob'ects andmeritorious advantages will more ully appearfrom the following description, appended claims, and accompanying'drawing, inwhich: I Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional View through a machine provided with my improvement. i

Fig. 2 is an end view of the machine, shown inFighl. H

Fig. 3 is-a planview of the knife or cutter andits support.

.[Fig., 4; isia cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4,Fig. 3. Y v

Fig. 5 is across-sectional view taken on line 5 5, Fig. 3. v Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective of a modified form of cutter.

As is more fully set forth in patent above referred to wherein the-details of the genera-l construction of the machine are shown and fully described, my machine comprises a frame'lt) consisting of a base and upright end portions. There is a hopper 12 which opens intoa chamber or receptacle 14: that in turncommunicates with a mixing Chitin ber16,'which mix ng chamber has a d1scharge opening through which the mixed conglomerate'is delivered to molds 18 prok vided in a mold carrier" 20. CThe mold carrier is mounted upon a shaft 22 for'rotation to bring successive molds into position to receive the discharge of the mixing chamber. 7

7 There is a main shaft 24 driven by a worm 26 and a gear 28. Mounted upon this main shaft is a scraper 30 which rotates within the upper receptacle 14. A suitable mixing de- 1a, 1926. Serial No. 88,988

vice 32 is mounted upon a drivenshaft 34:

which is suitably supported, in provided bearings and is driven by a rack 36 carried by an eccentric 38, which eccentric is mounted" on the main shaft 24 and which rack engages a gear 40 carried by the shaft 34. 42 is a guide forthe rack 36. The connection is such that the mixing element 32 is oscillated rotatably within the mixing chamber 16. i

There is a ratchet arrangement not described in thepreseut application but par-- ticularly described in the patent above referred to indicated generally as 43 which is dritven by an arm lalcarried by an eccentric 46 also mounted on the shaft 24 through which themold carrier is" rotated step by step to bring successive molds into "position to receive the dischargeof the mixing chamber. The mold carrier is rotated interruptedly, that is, in a carrier of the character shown wherein thereare provided six tiers of molds (see F1g. 2), the mold carrier 1S7 i-otatcd through an arcof sixty degrees for each complete rotation of the main shaft 21L and during one-halfof the period of rotastationai'y. During this period while the ll'lOlCl carrier isstationary, the cutter here} iii-after described is swung through the molds to loosen the molded candy therefrom.

A suitable foru'i of cutter is shown in It comprises a shaft men'iber 48 upon which "is mounted a gear 50. This gear is engaged by a rack segment 52 carried by an oscill ting arm 54 which is pivoted at 56 to the frame and held toward one side by a ring 58. The shaft carries a series of arcuzite so HD6178 or cutters 60. In Fig. 4-. these are shown in the form of scrapers constructled' of a, soft resilient core, suchas ru iber, in the shapeshown in Fig. 4, indicated as 62, held between side plates (34. This scraper may, if desired, also be in the form tion of such main shaft the mold carrier is llu ' pivote Coordination therewith.

the u owai d lyeitt end ing portion of the arm 54 that carries the segment; This cam 74 is so positioned upon the shaft 34k that it engages such a-rnto swing the same to actuate the cutter 60 during the time the mold carrier is stationary or during one of the interruptions in its rotation. It swings the cutter through the mold, loosening the conglomerate and as the shaft 34 swings back on its retiirn oscillittion the cutteris returned to its starting position. The ratio *b'f the gear is such that the cutter swings through the "molds at 'ea'ch pause in the rotittidhfo'f the meld carrier, thereby loosening "each moldec'l product from its mold.

1.' Iir -amachine of the class described,*a frame, a mixing chamber having a discharge opening, a rotatably supported mold carrier having a mold adapted to be brought into ositionto receive the discharge of the mixl'n'g chamber during the rotation of the carrier, mea'n's for rotating said mold carrier, a cutter operatively' supported upon the frame in proximity to but exteriorly of the mold carrier adapted to be swung through the mold between the surface thereof and the product therein to loosen the molded product tll616f10111,&l1d means coupling the cutter I with the mold carrier for operation in 2. In a machineof the class described, a

1y supported mold carrier "provided cessively brought into 'positionto receive the discharge of the receptacle during the rotation of the carrier, and a cutter independ- 'ently supported in proximity to saidmold carrier and operatively associated 'therewith to successively swlng through successive molds therein passing slidably over the sur to provided with a series of arcuate cutters, f

receptacle having a discharge opening, a ro-, .tata I I with a plurality of molds adapted to be sucone 'for each mold cavity in a linear *series of mold cavities, means coupled with said cuttene'lement to swing the same through themoldcavities inaseries during a pause in the rotation of the mold carrier.

, 4. A machine of the class described hit-V- ing' a receptacle provided with adischarge outlet, amold'carrier positioned therebelow Y r to receive the discharge therefrom, said mold carrier supported for rdtation and I provided with a series of moldcavities adapted tofbe successively brought ilito iposition below the receptacle during the rotation of the mold carrier, a cutter shaft "mummy "supported below'said mold carrierand'provided with'a cutter knife adapted to "be swung "through the successive mold cavities, driving mechanism cdupleddvit-h the mold carrier to interruptedly rotate the saniegttiid driving moch anis'm coupled fthe cutterfshaft and coordinated with the driving mechaiiismof the meldcarrier to actuate the cutter "shaft to swing the "cutter knife through a mold cavity during apausein'ithe rotationofthe mold carrier. f 1 I, y I

5. A machine having 'a 'recept'acle "provided with a discharge outlet, a 'rotatahly supported cylindrical mold carrier posttioned below the 'receptacle ahd provided witl1' a'plurality of circum-ferei itially sp ced, 7

series of correspondingly linearly arranged mold cavities adapted to be j successively brought into position ilielofw the receptacle to receive the discharge "therefrom during! the ro'tation of the mold. carrierfafpair of suji 'mrtseiitending lhg 'thvvifse the mold carrier below the moldcarrier, said supports provided with transversely extending struts connected therewith spacedftb correspond with the t intervals "between "the {linearly ar, ranged mold cavities of thecarrienta' cutter shaft supported upon said 'strutsfahd 'provided 'witha plurality of 'arcuate ciit'ter knives one between 'eacl'rpjairof struts, driving mechanism coupledwith the mold carrier to interruptedly rotate the same, *dr-ivi mechanism coupled withthe cuttei'shatt to oscillate the samefinea'nscoupling the driv in g mechanism for the cai'ii'erwith theflrivmg mechan sm of the clutter shaft to oscillate the shaft duringthe pauses'in rotati'oliof the carr er, sa d cutter kmvesso'shaped'as to;be'

swung through the moldcavities ofthe mold carrier during; the oscillation of the cutter shaft. i q v. In testimony \vhereof lj'sign this" specifi cation. u T

' JAMES 

